Lecture: Revolutionising Economics and the World by Changing What We Measure
June 5 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The 22nd Norfolk Cambridge Society Public Lecture will be the final of three NCS lectures delivered by powerful women in the 2024/25 academic year, which we have designated “NCS FEMALE LEADERSHIP YEAR”. Our speaker will be Dr Gillian Tett, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. She is also a Financial Times columnist and member of the editorial board, having previously served as its chair. Gillian’s earlier roles included US managing editor for the FT; assistant editor; capital markets editor; deputy editor of the Lex column; Tokyo bureau chief; and reporter in Russia and Brussels.
Her subject will be “Revolutionising Economics and the World by Changing What We Measure”. This challenging title reflects Dr Tett’s background in anthropology and the very different thinking she routinely brings to examining how human beings function, both individually and in groups. Her past experiences working as an anthropologist in a variety of different cultures have made her much more aware than most of the groupthink underpinning how many organisations operate. She will argue that what is routinely measured and used to evaluate performance, is often based on fundamental misconceptions as to what constitutes normal human behaviour.
Dr Tett is a best-selling and award-winning author of four books:
- “Saving The Sun”,
- “Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe”,
- “The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise, and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers”, and
- “Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life”.
She has also received the Royal Anthropological Institute Marsh Award and the American Anthropological Association President Medal for her work in social science, as well as three awards from America’s Society of Business and Economic Writers. In addition, she has been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Exeter, the University of Miami, St Andrew’s, London University (Goldsmiths), Carnegie Mellon and Baruch College, as well as an honorary doctorate from Lancaster University in the UK. She was named Columnist of the Year (2014), Journalist of the Year (2009) and Business Journalist of the Year (2008) in the British Press Awards.
Tickets are priced at:
- £15, discounted to £12.50 for all purchases completed by Saturday, 29 March,
- £11 for senior citizens,
- £6 for sixth formers and teachers accompanying them.
The price includes a glass of wine or a soft drink, which will be served after the lecture, when there will be an opportunity to mingle with other attendees and with the speaker.
Car parking is restricted and priority in allocating parking tickets is given to those who book early.
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Please note that tickets can only be bought by adults. If you are a sixth former, please arrange for your parents or a teacher to buy the tickets on your behalf, as you must be accompanied by an adult at the lecture. If this is not possible for you, we can arrange for a Norwich High School for Girls staff member attending the lecture to act in loco parentis. Please contact the event organiser if you need this to happen or if you have any other questions.